Ticket holder



Fish. 19 1924.

A. ROBERGE TICKET HOLDER Filed Sept. 10, 1923 gnuento c If w v wzPatented Feb. 19, 1924.

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TICKET HOLDER.

Application filed September 10, 1923. Serial No. 661,973.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALrHoNsE Roannen, a citizen of the United States,residing at Somersworth, in the county of Stralford and State of NewHampshire,

certain new and useful Improvements in Ticket Holders, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in ticketholders, and has particular reference to a clip adapted to be engagedwith the edge of a shelf or the like, and provided with means forremovably supporting price tickets adjacent articles arranged upon theshelf.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a device of the abovekind which embraces the desired qualities of simplicity, durability, andefliciency in operation.

Another object of the invention is to provide a ticket holder which maybe readily applied to a shelf, one which will not be readilyaccidentally displaced from the shelf, and one into which the ticketsmay be placed or from which said tickets may be removed from time totime as found necessary.

Other objects will appear as the nature of the invention is betterunderstood, and the same consists in the novel form, combination, andarrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, shown in theaccompanying drawings, and claimed.

In the drawings, wherein like reference characters indicatecorresponding parts throughout the several views:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of a shelf, showing a ticketholder constructed in accordance with the present invention appliedthereto.

Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional view, through the ticket holder, and

Figure 3 is a plan view of the sheet metal blank, from which the deviceis formed.

Referring more in detail to the drawings, the present device is formedfrom a relatively elongated blank of springy sheet metal, the blankbeing divided into an upper member 5, a front intermediate member 6, alower member 7, and an end 8 by imaginary fold lines 9, 10 and 11respectively. The front intermediate section 6 is provided at its endwith narrow wings 12 connected with the member 6 along the fold lines13, and tongues 14 of relatively small size are have invented 7 providedalong the-lower ends of the wings 12. The blank is transversely slittedfrominwardly as at 15for a distance substantially equal to the width ofthe tongues 14 along the fold line 10, and a fold line is provided as at16 between each of the wings 12 and the tongues 14 carried its sideedges thereby.

In constructing the ticket holder, the upper and lower members 5 and 7are provided by mountingthe same in the same direction at right anglesor substantially so with respect to the front intermediate members 6along the fold lines 9 and 10. The tongues 14 are then bent upwardlyat'right angles to the wings are other so as to front surface wings 12,after which said folded forwardly and toward each lie in spaced relationto the of the member 6 with the tongues 14 extending through the slit15.

The wings 12 are thus brought in spaced relation to the member 6 at theends of the latter so as to form slideways into which the price ticket17 may be removably slid, the

downw'ard movement of the'ticket into the slides being limited at theproper position by means of the tongues 14, altho ready removal of theticket upwardly is allowed.

In the preferred construction, the lower member is preferably rearwardlyand upwardly inclined as shown in Figure 1, with the member 6 ofslightly greater height or width than that of the shelf 18 to which thedevice is applied, under ordinary conditions, whereby, may be applied toshelves of ness.

From the ab should it be desired, the clip greater thickove description,it may be seen that the device constitutes a substantially U-shapedsheet metal clip embodying upper and lower jaws adapted toengagerespectively the upper and lower faces of the shelf and connected by anintermediate front member adapted to edge of the shelf ticket slide fsnugly engage the front and provided with side ormmg wings'by means ofwhich the ticket may be supported. The end I portion 8 is downturnedsimply to facilitate the placement It will thus a very simple of thedevice upon the shelf. be seen that I have provided form of ticketholder which may be conveniently placed upon shelves adjacent thearticles disposed upon the latter, so as to in consumer.

di'cate the price thereof to the Minor changes may be made withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed. i

What I claim as new is:

A price ticket holder for shelves comprising a resilient sheet metalclasp embodying upper and lower jaws connected by V a front member, saidfront member being adapted to engage the front edge of the shelf withthe jaws engaging opposite faces of the latter and having end. wingsextend ing toward each other in front of said intermediate frontmenri'ber of the clasp to In testimony whereof'l afli'x my si nature. 25

I ALPHONSE ROBE GE.

